National monument in Quebec, the always exuberant Diane Dufresne, 80, which was one of the muses of Starmaniais back in Paris for “causing concerts alternating songs and autobiographical readings”.
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From June 24 to 29 at the Atelier Theater, the Canadian singer will also invite spectators to ask her “all possible questions” during these intimate meetings.
“I had the idea of these causing concerts after the covid. People had been locked in a scary climate. I wanted to find them by favoring the human side in small rooms. And it is good that the artists descend from their pedestal. The world needs humanity, and I am a certain age! ” entrusts AFP Diane Dufresne.
“It is not only journalists who can ask questions, but the public too, which will make every night different,” adds the artist, who will be accompanied by pianist Olivier Godin.
Diane Dufresne, who had occurred the last time in France in 2019, lived in Paris for a long time, making her classes during Simon’s course while running the stamps in cabarets like the lock.
“The French left me a great chance. They liked my humor, made a success of the song I met the man of my life. I always fall in love with Paris! ” Ensures the singer, for whom “the scene is the most beautiful thing”.
“Keep me alive”
His image of “rebellious diva”? “Diva, it’s probably because I don’t do everything I am asked … Rebellious?” Maybe, but I consider myself rather outsider!»
Born September 30, 1944 in Montreal, Diane Dufresne, who decided from the age of 7 to become a singer, abandoned school in adolescence to become a help-infirmière, after the death of her mother.
At 18, she finally went to Paris to study singing and comedy. In 1968, she attended a concert by Janis Joplin. It is a revelation: “From there too, I wanted to shout all the suffering, the pain, the joy …”
In 1972, his companion at the time, pianist François Cousineau, and Luc Plamondon wrote to him tailor I met the man of my lifewhich will become a tube throughout the Francophonie.
The following year, Diane Dufresne was the first part of Julien Clerc at the Olympia. In thong and hockey boots, the Quebecer is scandalous, but “does not care”.
In 1978, she will be Stella Spotlight, fallen sex symbol, in the legendary opera-rock Starmania. Diane Dufresne makes her apron quickly: “Working with others has never been my thing!” she explains.
Genius of excess to the air of Marlene Dietrich, she filled the Olympic stadium in Montreal in 1984 with a crowd of spectators all dressed in pink at her request. She is the first Quebecer to sing as a solo artist in front of more than 50,000 people.
Diane Dufresne, who signed a 19e album studio, Siegewas discovered late a passion for painting and sculpture. “I’m not trying to make masterpieces, but for me, with the scene, it’s keeping myself alive!”
